noun. A steeping; a wetting; a drenching.

noun. Intemperate and continual drinking. Compare soak, v. i., 4.

noun. The operation of desilverizing a lead regulus by running it into a bath of molten lead in the fore-hearth of a blast-furnace; also the operation of equalizing the temperature of steel ingots in a soaking-pit.

adjective. Wetting thoroughly; drenching.

verb. Present participle of soak.

noun. Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

adjective. Extremely wet; saturated.

noun. the act of making something completely wet

noun. the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

adverb. extremely wet

noun. washing something by allowing it to soak